Infancy experts Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby stress that _____ is an important
ingredient in developing a strong bond between the infant and caregiver.
A. a quick, comforting response to the infant’s cries
B. ignoring the infant’s cries
C. forcefully telling the infant not to cry
D. responding too much to infant crying
Answer:
Abdiel has had three children, according to Erikson, he has achieved:
A.biological generativity.
B.parental generativity.
C.biological stagnation.
D.cultural stagnation.
Answer:
Which of the following is the term Erik Erikson uses to describe the gap between
childhood security and adult autonomy?
A.Psychosocial moratorium
B.Sociological amnesty
C.Societal moratorium
D.Behavioral reprieve
Answer:
In Thompson’s view, young children are moral _____, striving to understand what is
moral.
A.apprentices
B.novices
C.explorers
D.adventurers
Answer:
A study conducted by Grant, Wardle, & Steptoe explored links between health behavior
and life satisfaction in more than 17,000 individuals between 17 to 30 years of age in 21
countries. Which of the following has NOT been found to be positively related to young
adults’ life satisfaction?
A.Not smoking
B.Exercising regularly
C.Fiber intake
D.Using sun protection
Answer:
_____ is the emotional numbness, disbelief, separation anxiety, despair, sadness, and
loneliness that accompany the loss of someone we love.
A.Grief
B.Anger
C.Obsession
D.Denial
Answer:
Now that Benita is in late adulthood, the socioemotional selectivity theory predicts that
she will:
A.become more socially withdrawn as she prepares for death.
B.continue to actively make new friends.
C.spend most of her time with familiar friends.
D.emotionally invest in peripheral relationships.
Answer:
The Strange Situation is an observational measure of infant attachment developed by
Mary Ainsworth. It requires the infant to:
A.crawl through a dark tunnel with his or her mother and a stranger waiting on the other
side.
B.move through a series of introductions, separations, and reunions with his or her
mother and a stranger.
C.experience loud noises in a room with only a stranger present.
D.choose between his or her mother and father in a strange situation.
Answer:
According to Jean Piaget, parent-child relations are less likely to advance moral
reasoning than peer relations because:
A.parents are inconsistent in delivering the consequences for broken rules.
B.peers are less likely to allow negotiation and reasoning about broken rules.
C.parents take an authoritative approach to handing down the rules.
D.peer groups immediately mete out punishments for rule breaking.
Answer:
The term _____ is given to age-related loss of muscle mass and strength.
A.sarcoma
B.osteopenia
C.osteoporosis
D.sarcopenia
Answer:
Nicola tries to take steps to avert potential misbehavior by her children before it takes
place. The moment she sees that her four-year-old daughter is going to have a
meltdown, she distracts her with a favorite activity. She has regular talks with her
ten-year-old son where she tries to impart her cherished values to him and indicates
what is expected of him as he grows older. Nicola is:
A.being overly cautious in her parenting approach.
B.being too authoritative in her approach to her children’s moral development.
C.acting as moral police to her children and may have a detrimental effect on their
moral development.
D.proactive in her approach to her children’s moral development.
Answer:
Among the most important aspects of the relationship between parents and children that
contribute to children’s moral development are relational quality, parental discipline,
proactive strategies, and _____.
A.religious affiliation
B.family culture
C.conversational dialogue
D.ethnicity
Answer:
The peak of synaptic overproduction in the _____ occurs at about the fourth postnatal
month.
A. spinal cord
B. prefrontal cortex
C. visual cortex
D. parietal lobe
Answer:
Which of the following statements about dating in gay male and lesbian youth is
TRUE?
A.All sexual minority youth date other-sex peers to disguise their sexual orientation
from others.
B.Despite their orientation, gay and lesbian youth have not had any same-sex sexual
experience.
C.Gay and lesbian youth are not emotionally affected by the breakup of a same-sex
relationship.
D.Disclosure of their sexual orientation to parents is the most stressful problem for gay
and lesbian youth.
Answer:
In the Strange Situation, Quentin cries mildly when his caregiver departs. However, he
is happy upon reunion, and then, continues to explore once the caregiver has returned.
He would be classified as being _____.
A.securely attached
B.insecure disorganized
C.insecure resistant
D.insecure avoidant
Answer:
Which of the following factors is most likely to predict high status for older adults in a
culture?
A.Age-related role changes involve reduced responsibility.
B.Older persons control key family/community resources.
C.Nuclear families are the most common family arrangement in a culture.
D.Older adults retire early and authority shifts to younger adults.
Answer:
Paul suffers from hemophilia. Suggest an appropriate treatment option for Paul’s
condition.
A.Insulin treatment
B.Blood transfusions/injections
C.Physical therapy
D.Oxygen therapy
Answer:
Giovanna was found to be Rh incompatible with her first child. To prevent her body
from producing antibodies that will attack any future Rh-incompatible fetuses, her
doctor gave her:
A. Rohypnol.
B. RhoGAM.
C. hemoglobin.
D. RhSYS.
Answer:
Which of the following constitute dense deposits of protein that accumulate in the blood
vessels?
A.Cholinerase inhibitors
B.Neurofibrillary tangles
C.Amyloid plaques
D.Apolipoproteins
Answer:
Questions such as, “To which age group do you belong?” and “How old do you feel?”
reflect the concept of _____.
A.mental age
B.age identity
C.chronological age
D.age stereotype
Answer:
When experimenters ask children to judge whether two complex pictures are the same,
preschool children tend to use a haphazard comparison strategy, not examining all of
the details before making a judgment, exhibiting a lack of:
A. conservation.
B. attention to the salient.
C. centration.
D. planfulness.
Answer:
Which of the following Big Five personality factors describes whether an individual is
imaginative or practical?
A.Agreeableness
B.Extraversion
C.Conscientiousness
D.Openness to experience
Answer:
Adolescents in the Family Matters program reported:
A.no change in alcohol and cigarette use at three months, but a marked decline at one
year.
B.lower alcohol and cigarette use at three months, but the positive effect seemed to
wear off about one year after the program had been completed.
C.no change in alcohol use, but a marked decrease in cigarette smoking.
D.lower alcohol and cigarette use at three months and at one year after the program had
been completed.
Answer:
When taking his psychology class, Professor Sharma emphasizes that developmental
change occurs throughout adulthood as well as childhood. Professor Sharma is taking
a(n) _____ approach to developmental change.
A. life-span
B. evolutionary
C. normative
D. constructivist
Answer:
Which of the following statements about the living arrangements of older adults is true?
A.More than two-thirds of older women 75 years and older live alone.
B.The older people become, the greater are their odds for living alone.
C.Less than half of older adults live with family members.
D.Almost half of older adults are residents in institutions, such as hospitals, mental
hospitals, and nursing homes.
Answer:
It is estimated that _____ of men 85 years and older are at risk for developing dementia.
A.23 percent
B.55 percent
C.31 percent
D.17 percent
Answer:
Brittany is preoccupied with the pursuit of independence and identity and is spending
more time with friends and less with family. Her thoughts are more logical, abstract,
and idealistic. She is also experiencing rapid physical changes such as gain in height
and weight. Which of the following periods of development is Brittany most likely in?
A. Middle childhood
B. Late adulthood
C. Late childhood
D. Adolescence
Answer:
Based on age of onset, when is anorexia nervosa most likely to begin?
A.Childhood
B.Late adulthood
C.Emerging adulthood
D.Early to middle adolescent years
Answer:
_____ can include connections between a wide range of biological, cognitive, and
socioemotional processes, and also can involve social contexts such as families, peers,
schools, and culture.
A.Reciprocal socializations
B.Developmental cascades
C.Secure attachments
D.Scaffolding
Answer:
Since the early 1900s, the goal of maintaining a stable marriage has:
A.become even more important than ever.
B.decreased in its level of relative importance.
C.replaced self-fulfillment as the most important life goal.
D.been replaced by self-fulfillment as the most important life goal.
Answer:
One study by Kim revealed that finding meaning in the death of a spouse was linked to:
A.a higher level of denial during bereavement.
B.a higher level of fear during bereavement.
C.a lower level of acceptance during bereavement.
D.a lower level of anger during bereavement.
Answer:
In a Tools of the Mind classroom, _____ has a central role.
A. nutrition
B. didactic lecture
C. dramatic play
D. abstract presentation
Answer:
Which of the following is an advantage of having children early?
A.Parents are more likely to build up expectations for their children.
B.Planning for children’s growth or education is more methodical and realistic.
C.The mother is likely to have more physical energy.
D.The parents have more time to consider their goals in life.
Answer:
In Central European countries, such as Hungary, kindergarten children participate in
exercises designed to improve their _____. An eye-contact exercise in which the teacher
sits in the center of a circle of children and each child is required to catch the teacher’s
eye before being permitted to leave the group is an example of this type of exercise.
A. hand-eye coordination
B. attention
C. social skills
D. creativity
Answer: